Welcome to another TTT! This week’s topic is a relationship freebie! The idea is to pick a relationship type and choose characters who fit that relationship as it relates to you. So, characters you’d like to date, be friends with, be enemies with, etc. Bookish families you’d like to be a part of, characters you’d want as your siblings, pets you’d like to take for yourself, etc. I decided to go with Bookish People I’d like to Date! Would I say these are my favorite male characters of all time? Probably not, because I have so many favorites and add more every day. Plus, I wouldn’t want to date some of my favorites. LOL.

1. Dallas from My Phony Valentine by Courtney Walsh
This sexy hockey player is protective, loyal, and a grandma’s boy with the biggest heart.

2. Nathan from The Cheat Sheet by Sarah Adams
Another pro athlete, but this time he’s a football player! He’s so sweet and really cares about his people.

3. Rhys from A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas
I have a major crush on this fae male who feels love on a deeper level than most romantic heroes.

4. Lachlan from First to Fall by Jenny B. Jones
Laghlan is so amazing! He’s a nerdy, awkward video game developer and has so much snark. He’s super flirty, too, and I love a good flirt.

5. Ethan from Hello Stranger by Lisa Kleypas
This guy is one of my biggest all time book loves. He’s a little dangerous, but I don’t care.

6. Wesley from Twice Shy by Sarah Hogle
He’s my favorite cinnamon roll, and I know he’d be accepting of all my little quirks because he understands.

7. Easton from Enjoy the View by Sarah Morgenthaler
I’ve had a crush on him since I read the first Moose Springs book, and here he is in all his glory. If fluffy wild animals fall in love with him, then that’s really all I need.

8. Gabriel from The Wallflower Wager by Tessa Dare
He’s an animal lover.

9. Starry Night by Debbie Macomber
He’s a grumpy, reclusive writer with a cuddly dog and he lives in the wilds of Alaska in a cozy cabin I’d be happy to take up residence in.

10. Mal from Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo
I just LOVE HIM.

Can you think of any bookish characters you’d love to date?
What topic did you pick for this week’s relationship freebie?

(This post is a re-post from March 6, 2023. I just needed a break after a crazy last few days!)

Welcome to another TTT! Traveling is one of my favorite things to do, so when I saw that Cathy @ What Cathy Read Next submitted this fun topic, Planes, Trains & Automobiles/Books Featuring Travel, through my topic request form I knew I had to put it on the schedule! I’ve written several travel-focused TTT posts over the years such as: books to read if you love traveling, books that awaken the travel bug in me, books featuring travel, books I read while I was on vacation, books that take me somewhere, books set outside the USA (and again here), and books set in places I’d love to visit. Sooooo since this topic has popped up a lot on my blog I thought I’d switch things up and feature books with modes of transportation on the cover! I will absolutely be stopping by as many blogs as possible so I can get more books to add to my tbr! Books with travel aspects are my FAVORITES.

1. Rebel Summer by Cindy Steel
2. The Only Game in Town by Lacie Waldon
3. How the Grump Saved Christmas by Claire Kingsley
4. Ne’er Duke Well by Alexandra Vasti
5. Hearts Overboard by Becky Dean
6. Love in Tandem by Becca Kinzer
7. Artifice by Sharon Cameron (this one sure looks out of place in the collage, doesn’t it? lol)
8. Emergency Contact by Lauren Layne and Anthony LeDonne
9. Enjoy the View by Sarah Morgenthaler
10. Josh and Hazel’s Guide to Not Dating by Christina Lauren

I’ve only read the last three on this list. Have you read any of the first seven?
What’s your favorite travel-themed book? I’d love recs!

Welcome to another TTT! This week’s topic was submitted by A Hot Cup of Pleasure, and asks us to share ten of our favorite books from series. It’s like a double top ten this week! I read a lot more series in my YA Days that I do now, since so many adult series are series of standalones, but I still love my series when I come across good ones! I love re-visiting characters and locations. Can’t wait to see which series and books you feature this week!

Welcome to another TTT! This week’s topic is Books I Wish Had More/Less [Insert Your Concept Here] In Them. You could do more/less romance, more/less world building, less info dumping, more/fewer pages, more character development, fewer characters, fewer descriptions, more suspense, etc. In honor of Christmas In July, I’ve decided to go with books I wish had more Christmas in them! The books I’m listing below are all Christmas novels that are marketed as such, but they weren’t festive enough for me and I was left feeling disappointed that I didn’t get what the cover/title/synopsis promised me. When I read a Christmas book, I want to smell the cookies baking and hear the carols playing. Some of these books were DNFs for me and some I really enjoyed but not as Christmas books.

1. Love in the Scottish Winter Highlands by Beatrice Bradshaw
I loved this book, but the synopsis makes it sound like Christmas would be a larger theme than it is. This book kind of breezes right through, placing a larger focus on the fall months. I enjoyed the Christmas parts I got, but for such a short book it spans quite a few months and December is right in the middle. I was disappointed when December ended and we moved in to January and February.

2. An Alaskan Christmas by Jennifer Snow
This book was actually a lot deeper and more heavy than I was expecting when I looked and the beautiful cover. I was picturing steamy Hallmark, but this was more of a drama than a romance for me. Everyone is working through a lot of stuff. I honestly can’t remember much Christmas at all.

3. The Boyfriend Swap by Meredith Schorr

4. Christmas Every Day by Beth Moran
Considering the title, you’d think this would be very Christmassy, but there had been no mention of Christmas yet by the time I DNFed!

5. A Match Made in Venice by Leonie Mack
Despite what the cover would indicate, this is not a Christmas book. It’s a winter read, which is fine, but it would have been nice to know! I feel tricked and a little annoyed I spent my limited holiday reading time on this. There were a few passages that described Venetian traditions surrounding Christmas and New Year’s, and the flooding of the city, which I loved, but I wish there had been more!

6. Nick and Noel’s Christmas Playlist by Codi Hall
All drama, very little Christmas.

7. The Twelve Days of Dash & Lily by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan
All the magic from Dash & Lily’s Book of Dares was gone. This wasn’t festive or happy, and I ended up DNFing because it was making me sad!

I’ve spent way too much time on this list when I’d rather be watching the Olympics, so I’m cutting this short today!
I can’t wait to see what topic you chose to do this week, and will be doing my best to run around the Linky and see what everyone is talking about!

I’d love recs for Christmas books you loved!

Are you watching the Olympics at all?

Welcome to another TTT! This week’s topic was submitted by Angela @ Reading Frenzy, and is “Debut Novels I Enjoyed”. A debut novel is an author’s first published book. You could also choose to share genre or age group debuts if you’d prefer, such as an adult fiction author’s first YA book or a mystery writer’s first romance. I’ve decided to go with the former myself. I’m excited to see what books you pick!

1. Four Weekends and a Funeral by Ellie Palmer
2. One Last Shot by Betty Cayouette
3. Never Blow a Kiss by Lindsay Lovise
4. Lovelight Farms by B.K. Borison
5. The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood
6. You Deserve Each Other by Sarah Hogle
7. The Tourist Attraction by Sarah Morgenthaler
8. The Twelve Dates of Christmas by Jenny Bayliss
9. Cinder by Marissa Meyer
10. Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo

(I read Cinder and Shadow and Bone right when they came out, and I met both of these authors in their debut years! It’s so fun to see how their careers took off and shot into space.)

What are some of your favorite debut novels?